Spring Break

For spring break we had a "staycation" and played right here in town. Abby had been sick the week before, so once spring break kicked in we had a packed schedule of play dates, ice cream, playgrounds, indoor swimming, swinging, sliding, painting, and lots of flower bed watering.

All dressed and ready for ballet--didn't realize they had cancelled for spring break, so we went and had lunch with Daddy instead...

Brandon and I realized at lunch that he proposed 5 years ago to the day-- March 15th, 2007. 5 years later, we are quickly eating our lunch with our 2 year old that is covered in ice cream and cheese dip waiting for the arrival our 2nd baby in about 8 weeks!

Abby kissing, Buck, our neighbors dog. We walk to see him probably 3 times a day. They love each other!

We had a fun spring break!

Big girl bed

Abby is officially out of her crib and into her big girl bed! We moved her about a week ago and it was no trouble at all! I had heard horror stories about how difficult it was for parents to move their baby from the crib to the big bed, so we were a little apprehensive to do it so soon. It was just a few weeks after her 2nd birthday and we thought we might be jumping the gun; however, we need her crib for the new baby since he will be here before we know it! We waited as long as we could, and once all of her furniture arrived, and everything was in place, we did the switch. We had been talking about her new "princess bed," and "princess room," and "princess curtains," for weeks, so I think she was just as ready to get the show on the road. She loves her big girl bed and room! Here she is on the first night enjoy a lot more room in her full sized bed!

Abby, 2 lambies, and her baby, Bitty.

Cake for Daddy

According to Brandon, the estrogen in our house these days is completely "out of control." With me being 30 weeks pregnant, and Abby being quite the little sass that she is, I would have to agree that there is some drama. Not all the time, but definitely more than usual. So as a peace offering, Abby and I made Daddy one of his favorite cakes. It is so easy and so good, and you will hate yourself the next day because you ate way more than you should. Finally, after a few days of a bite here and a bite there, it hit the trash...Brandon said that was a sad day for him.

Chef in training...

Here is the recipe:

Make 1 box of a yellow cake mix- preferably something that has the words "golden" or "buttery" to describe the cake.

Mix and bake according to box

When the cake first comes out of the oven and is still hot, poke small holes in the top, and pour one stick of melted butter over the hot cake.

Sprinkle generously with Cinnamon and Sugar.

So easy and so good!

Abby and Friends

Abby, Giuliana, and Jake are becoming really good friends. All of the parents went to college together and have know each other for over 10 years- several of us were roommates together at school, and even after we graduated from CBU. I love that we are still so close, and now our children are close too. We had everyone over the other night to play and eat dinner. After a while we let the kiddos watch a movie to calm down and get ready for bed...even that turned into a party!

Sweet friends!

Painting fun

Abby loves to paint and I found out recently that it really doesn't matter what it is. She had more fun painting this toy truck and making "tracks" on the paper. I gave her some pasta noodles and shells to paint for fun and she had a blast making a complete mess.

Sugar Rush

If there is one thing that Abby really likes to eat it's something sweet. She loves anything that is sticky, sugary, and probably not super healthy! But hey, everyone deserves a treat every once in a while! Here she is enjoying all things yummy...

Suckers

Rice crispy treats (No, she did not eat this by herself- Daddy helped a lot!)

Cupcakes

Ice cream

Doughnuts

Cookies

Hmm...I wonder where she gets this sweet tooth from...

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!! Hope everyone enjoys a little something sweet today :)

Party Time!

We wanted to keep Abby's birthday small this year so we just invited a few friends and family over for a pajama and doughnut party. It started at 9:30 am and went for most of the morning. All of her little friends were there and everyone had such a fun time. The kids favorite toy to play with was of course, all of the balloons! Here are some pictures from her fun birthday party!

We asked everyone to sign the book, "If you give a dog a doughnut" as a keepsake from her birthday.

Abby's cake this year was an enormous "Texas" sized doughnut.

Abby and all of her friends chowing down on some Gibson's doughnuts and chocolate milk

Singing to the birthday girl

Taking a bite of her huge doughnut.

Abby with all of her friends. L-R: Giuliana, Jake, Abby, Harrison, Kate and Hollis

Everyone from college- We all went to school together and have still remained close friends after all of these years. Our kids are now good friends, too.

Abby and her bestie, Giuliana.

Time for presents...

and a nap!

And just for fun, here is a flash back from a year ago and the first time Abby had cake!